New York Gov Scraps Plan For AirTrain To LaGuardia

The New York Times reports:

There will be no AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport. Gov. Kathy Hochul has abandoned plans to build a light-rail link to LaGuardia after a review found that the project’s cost had ballooned to $2.4 billion, more than five times initial estimates.

When Ms. Hochul’s predecessor, Andrew M. Cuomo, first announced the pet project in 2015, he placed the cost at $450 million. After Mr. Cuomo resigned in disgrace in 2021, the plan faced mounting opposition from elected officials and community groups. Ms. Hochul halted the project and ordered the review several months after taking office.

Releasing the results of the assessment on Monday, a panel of transportation experts is recommending the less-expensive option of increasing public bus service to La Guardia and the addition of a shuttle between the airport and subway stations in northern Queens.

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I hear that the new LaGuardia is great. But there is still no easy way to get there from Manhattan. And now it seems there never will be. https://t.co/ManQsBtLPs

— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 13, 2023